Ella passed her Qualifying Exam

Gabriella (Ella) Sugerman, 2nd year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering, passed her oral qualifying exam.

Congratulations Ella!

Will successfully completed his dissertation proposal

William Meador, 4th Year PhD BME, successfully completed his dissertation proposal, titled “Toward understanding tricuspid valve leaflet growth and remodeling in heart disease”.

Congratulations Will !

Kiernan, Mrudang, Sotirios and Will awarded scholarships by the Cockrell School

Kiernan and Will were awarded the Harry and Rubye Gaston Graduate Scholarship.

Mrudang was awarded the Warren A. and Alice L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship in Engineering.

Sotirios was awarded the John and Mary Wheeler Endowed Graduate Fellowship.

Congratulations to them all !

Will Meador awarded NIH F31 Predoctoral Fellowship

Will Meador, 4th year doctoral candidate in BME, was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein-NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) by the National Institutes of Health for his project titled ‘Tricuspid valve adaptation to right heart disease’.

Congratulations Will !

Sotirios passed his Qualifying Exam

Sotirios Kakaletsis, 2nd year PhD student in Engineering Mechanics, passed his written qualifying exam.

Congratulations Sotirios !

NSF funds research on Pressure Ulcers

The National Science Foundation has funded our project titled ‘An in vivo/in silico Approach to Delineate the Effect of Age on Pressure Ulcer Susceptibility’ ! Further details of the award can be found here: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1916663&HistoricalAwards=false